Samitivej PCL (), doing business as Samitivej Hospitals (), is a private hospital brand in

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. It operates hospitals and health centers in

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and Chonburi Province. It is owned by

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(BDMS), Thailand's largest private hospital company. 40% of the patients seen at Samitivej centres are non-Thai.Reisman, David A. ''Health Tourism: Social Welfare Through International Trade''.

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The foreign patients, as of 2009, often refer to each hospital as "the baby hospital", and they are used by expatriates who live in countries with less developed healthcare systems; Rachel Louise Snyder, writing in ''

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'', described "Five-star service" as "the

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most often uttered in conjunction with Samitivej." The centres offer

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food, and patients can get frequent flier miles.

Hospitals

Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital is on

Sukhumvit Road Sukhumvit Road (, , ), or Highway 3 (), is a major road in Thailand, and a major surface road of Bangkok and other cities. It follows a coastal route from Bangkok to Khlong Yai District, Trat border to Koh Kong, Cambodia. Sukhumvit Road ...

in Vadhana,

. Samitivej Sukhumvit, with 87 examination rooms, has 400 medical specialist staff and space for 270 patients. David A. Reisman, author of ''Health Tourism: Social Welfare Through International Trade'', wrote that "Samitivej Sukhumvit has considerable experience with international patients." Samitivej Thonburi Hospital is in

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, Bangkok. Samitivej Srinagarindra Hospital is in Suan Luang, Bangkok. Samitivej Sriracha Hospital is in

Si Racha Si Racha (, ) is a subdistrict and town in Thailand on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about southeast of Bangkok in Si Racha district, Chonburi province. The town is the center of the Si Racha district, the ninth-largest urban ci ...

, Si Racha District, Chonburi Province. Samitivej Chonburi Hospital is in Ban Suan,

Mueang Chonburi District Mueang Chonburi (, , ) is the capital district (''amphoe mueang'') of Chonburi province, eastern Thailand. Geography Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise) Bang Pakong district, Bang Pakong of Chachoengsao province, Phan Thong distr ...

, Chonburi Province, near Chonburi City. Samitivej Children's Hospital has campuses in the Sukhumvit and Srinakarin hospitals in Bangkok.Samitivej Children’s Hospital
" Samitivej. Retrieved on February 3, 2018. "Sukhumvit Campus 133 Sukhumvit 49, Klongtan Nua, Vadhana, Bangkok 10110 " and "Srinakarin Campus 488 Srinakarin Rd., Suanluang, Bangkok 10250 " Samitivej Srinakarin Children's Hospital was Thailand's sole private children's hospital in 2010.

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